Starc, Boult in World Cup swing to the left

For the second time at this World Cup, Australia’s Mitchell Starc and New Zealand’s Trent Boult will be asked to deliver a killer blow that could determine their team’s fate in the final on Sunday. The two lethal left-arm fast bowlers will go head-to head at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the tournament’s leading wicket-takers who lit up the group clash between the co-hosts exactly a month ago. Boult grabbed 5-27 to bundle Australia out for 151 in Auckland before Starc hit back with 6-28 to leave the Black Caps nine down and only managing to go past the modest target due to a Kane Williamson six. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said it would be hard to forget the performance of both Boult and Starc in what was a “a tremendous advertisement for the game”.